TAMRMS#: B06
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Emergent FTE Request - Legislative Services
Presented by: Chris Belke, Chief legislative Officer
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
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That 1.0 FTE be added to the Legislative Services Department for a Manager, Records and Privacy position, and that $29,000 be transferred from the Council Contingency Fund to fund this position for the last 4 months of 2017, and that the following postponed motion be approved:
PM-06-2018
"That $87,000 be added to the 2018 operating budget for the annualized funding for the Manager, Records and Privacy to be funded through taxes."
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PURPOSE OF REPORT
This report is presented to Council to request approval to add 1.0 FTE to the Legislative Services Department to address emergent needs and to approve 4 months funding for the position for 2017.
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BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Since starting with the City in January 2017, the City Manager has observed an inconsistency between the workload and the staffing compliment of the Legislative Services Department.
The City’s Legislative Services Department provides core services to internal stakeholders, including Council, Senior Administration and operational staff and external stakeholders, which includes the public and local media. Some of these services are needed to comply with legislated requirements. Core services delivered by Legislative Servicers include legislative research, analysis and advice to Council and Administration, conducting elections and censuses, operation of the City’s corporate records program, all responsibilities under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act, administrative support to City boards and committees, operation of the City’s Assessment Review Boards (ARBs) and Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (SDAB) and management of the St. Albert Municipal Cemetery. Also, with the addition of new Council Committees that will start in 2018, there will be additional support required from L...
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